I read the lyrics. They are interesting and I like them but they are NOT appropriate to a Letterman audience. They are a lot more than antiracist. It is a condemnation of the whole surburban/consumer ways of life. She gave Letterman's producers an ultimatum. "Let me insult your audience or I won't play." She submitted three songs to them but insisted that she would only play one of them!

"As a matter of principle and a privilege of her hard-earned independence, Ani does not perform songs on demand, whether the demand comes from the producer of a television program, an audience member at one of her concerts, or even her own management"

It wouldn't have killed her to do a more appropriate song so that her fans would get a chance to see her. Don't get me wrong, I like her music. But I won't be writing CBS to complain. In this case her statements and actions remind me more of a spoiled diva than a righteous folksinger.